2020
Comparison of the effects of hemodialysis and hemodiafiltration on left ventricular hypertrophy in end‐stage renal disease patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Hameed I, Gaudino M, Naik A, Rahouma M, Robinson NB, Ruan Y, Demetres M, Bossola M. Comparison of the effects of hemodialysis and hemodiafiltration on left ventricular hypertrophy in end‐stage renal disease patients: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Seminars In Dialysis 2020, 33: 120-126. PMID: 32159258, DOI: 10.1111/sdi.12864.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeft ventricular mass indexEjection fractionMean differenceVentricular hypertrophySubgroup analysisConventional hemodialysisEnd-stage renal disease patientsLonger dialysis durationVentricular mass indexPooled mean differenceRenal disease patientsEffect of hemodialysisLeft ventricular hypertrophySystematic literature searchDialysis durationPrimary outcomeSecondary outcomesMass indexDisease patientsHemodialysisSystematic reviewHemodiafiltrationLowest mean differenceLiterature searchPatients
2019
Effect of atrial pacing on post-operative atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass grafting: Pairwise and network meta-analyses
Ruan Y, Robinson NB, Naik A, Silva M, Hameed I, Rahouma M, Oakley C, Di Franco A, Zamvar V, Girardi LN, Gaudino M. Effect of atrial pacing on post-operative atrial fibrillation following coronary artery bypass grafting: Pairwise and network meta-analyses. International Journal Of Cardiology 2019, 302: 103-107. PMID: 31837901, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2019.12.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-operative atrial fibrillationCoronary artery bypassBiA pacingAtrial pacingArtery bypassSecondary outcomesAtrial fibrillationIncidence of POAFGeneric inverse variance methodRight atrial pacingInverse variance methodLargest risk reductionSystematic literature searchPOAF incidenceOperative mortalityPostoperative bleedingPrimary outcomePacing modalitiesClinical trialsLower incidencePacingLiterature searchIncidenceFibrillationRisk reduction